Improvement in corn-planters



' port, in the count .accom panying'drawin specification, in whichj Similar letters ot' reference ind of a working-beam actuated by means of tappets`4 projecting from the axle 'of the drivingy wheels and acting on oscillating` levers, in

Vlevers and' suitable rods, and operating in the fand use my invention scribe it with reference to the drawings.

-rearby the axle Cv ofthed'riving-wheel 'cross-bars a, and which extends [nearly vdown lmade efe-segmental piece of metal or other 'slides,-E These slides extend up in the hop- 'pertzand theirupper edges are chamfered oli",

PATENTv OFFICE.

'EZRA PEQK, or MI'DDLEPORT,'I LLI'NoIs.

IMPROVEMENT IN ,cO-RN-PLANTERS.

specification fbmnng pm of Letters Patent No. 38,979. dated June 93, lee-3.-

To all whom it 'may concermg Be it known that I, EzFtA'PECK, of Middle. y of Iroquois and State loi' Illinois, have invented la, new and Improved. Corn Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,- clear, andI exact description of the same, referen-ce'being had to the gs, forming. part ot' thisv lFigure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention.- Fig. 2 is a plan or top View of the same. l

icate corre- `spending parts ind both views. I y

This invention consistsin-,thel arrangement combination with. segmental seed-slides connecting withthe working-beam by bell-crank hopperin suchfa manner that by the action of the tappets on the hinged levers and rockshaft the seed-slidesfare alternately forced up throughvthe seed, acti-ng as stirrers and filling their,cel1s,and then drawn out to discharge the contents of their cells into a furrow drawn by a steel 4colter at the bottom of asled-form staudpporting the front of the frame of the planter.

To enable thoseskilled in the art to make I will proceed to de- K- A represents a frame,- made of .wood or any other suitable material, andsupported in the D is the hopper',fwhi`oh is suspended from to the ground. The bottom b of the hopper is suitable materiah-whichforms the support andguides for-two or more segmental seed-- so. thatthey'pass easily through the seed in the hopper. Each of the seedslides E is provided'with a seed-cell, c, to'receive the seed and carryitout ot' the hopper into the furr rows. The slides in passngthroughthe seed ,stir theI same and cause them to drop readily into theseedcells, so that for everystroke the 'reqnisitequantity of -secd is discharged. A

the cells to lill with perfect it is actuated by levers j', which are secured` to the inner sides ofthe longitudinal timbers ot' -the frame, and one end of each ot' which catches. into oneot' the forkshaped ends out the working-beam. Theother Aends o't' the oscillating levers are flattened, and they are exposed to the action of tappets'g, which project from the axle C, asl clearly shown in the drawings. By the action ofthe tappets on the leversfan oscillating motion is imparted to the working-beam, and the seed-slides are alternately pushed in and drawn out ot' the hopper; and whenever one of the slides is drawn out the seed contained in its seed cell is discharged into `the furrow. The l-'u'rrow is opened' bythe colter F, which projects' from the underside of the curved sled-form standard G', thatsupportsihe front end of the frame A. Said standard is made of a dat plate of cast-iron or any other suitable material,which is tirml y secured to the frontcross-timber of the framerA. The colter F is made ot' steel, and 4projects from the lower surface of the standard G, just far enough to open the furrow to the desired depth, and thestandard, and also the cutting-edge ofthe colter, are so shaped that the same pass readily over any obstructions that may come in the way.

This planter is very simple in construe and it never fails to drop the requisite quantity ot' corn or other seed. The seed is discharged. close to the ground fro into the furrowand'by'the upward inclined position-'ot' the seedslidesall dirt orother impurities contained in the seed are compelled to work out, and the seed is stirred, causing regularity. What I claim as new, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f The arran leversj, and .tappets'l g,- n "combination with rods @bell-crank levers dand segmental seedslides -E. all. constructed and operating substantially as` and, -for thev purpose specified.;

. 'l EZRA BECK.

Witnesses i GEO, W. LOVETT, i H. W. TILLINGHAsr.

tion,

m the seed-cell directly gementot the working-beam E, 

